The Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management offers the degree of Master
of Science in Textiles with specializations in textile technology management and textile
technology and the professional degree of Master of Textiles. The department specializes in the
disciplines of textile management, apparel management, textile technology, textile design,
integrated manufacturing systems, textile marketing, quality control and modeling of the textile
and apparel pipeline. Fundamental research in yam and fabric mechanics, machine monitoring and
material properties is also conducted in the department.

Admission Requirements: Students applying to this department should have or be able to
develop strong quantitative skills. Students interested in management areas should have
background in market analysis, quantitative management and quality management. Students
should have a minimum of 24 course hours in advanced mathematics and sciences in their
undergraduate degree.

Master's Degree Requirements: The M.S. in textiles with specializations in textile technology

management and textile technology requires a minimum of 36 course hours to be composed of 15
credit hours from a core of courses in textile technology and textile management, nine credit hours
in supporting courses (minor), two credit hours from graduate seminar, six credit hours of

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research, with the remaining four hours from courses, research or "special projects." The non-
thesis Master of Textiles requires a minimum of 33 credit hours (at least nine taken in supporting
(minor) courses).

Student Financial Support: Financial aid in the form of assistantships may be available for full-
time Master of Science students.

Other Relevant Information: The Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and
Management currently houses the National Science Foundation's Center for Nonwoven
Technology. This Centers allows students to conduct research in new technologies for nonwoven
fabric manufacture. Participation in the National Textile Center allows students to conduct
research in a variety of management, manufacturing, technology and engineering applications.

GRADUATE COURSES

TT(TE) 520 Yam Processing Dynamics.

TT(TE,TMS) 521 Filament Yam Production Processing and Properties.

TT(TE, TTM) 530 Textile Quality and Process Control.

TT(TE) 541 Theory and Practice of Knitted Fabric Production and Control.

Master of Science in Textile Chemistry (MS/TC): The M.S. in textile chemistry program offers
unique educational and research opportunities in textile and polymer chemistry. Fundamentals of

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chemistry, physics, and mathematical sciences are apphed to solve polymer and textile wet
processing problems. M.S. in Textile Engineering (MS/TE): The M.S. in textile engineering offers
unique educational and research opportunities in machine, process and product design.
Fundamentals of physics, engineering, and mathematical sciences are applied to textile-related
problems.

Admission Requirements: (MS/TC): Applicants must have a physical science or engineering
background, including physical chemistry and differential equations. Formal education in textile
or polymer chemistry is desired but not required. (MS/TE): Applicants must have a physical
science or engineering background including differential equations. A background in engineering
mechanics, fluids, dynamics and control theory is highly recommended. Formal education in
textile engineering or materials science is desired but not required.

Degree Requirements: (MS/TC): This degree requires 15 credit hours in textile chemistry, nine
credit hours in a supporting area (minor), ten credit hours of research, and two semester credits
from the College Seminar (TC 601 ). Additional course work may be substituted for part of the
research credits. (MS/TE): This degree requires 15 credit hours in textile engineering/textile
materials science, nine credit hours in a supporting area (minor), ten credit hours of research, and
two semester credits from the College Seminar (TE or TMS 601). Additional course work may be
substituted for part of the research credits.

Student Financial Support: Financial aid in the form of assistantships and fellowships is
normally available for all fiill-time students.

Other Relevant Information: The department either houses or has access to all major analytical
tools necessary to effect a quality research program covering a wide range of topics. It also houses
state-of-the-art facilities for conducting research in fiber science and textile engineering. Close
cooperation between College faculty and the fiber/textile and allied industries provides students
with opportunities for learning and employment.

Textile technology management is a multidisciplinary program designed to educate students for
research careers in the management of technology in the fiber, textile, apparel and related
industries complex. The program is designed to give the students a breadth of knowledge of the
materials and technologies employed in the industries as well as the quantitative and analytical
tools of management.

Admission Requirements: Students majoring in textiles; industrial, systems and manufacturing
engineering; statistics; operations research; computer science; economics; consumer economics;
marketing; and business administration, and having at least a 3.0/4.0 average in their
undergraduate studies and a master's degree will normally qualify for admission. Exceptionally
qualified students may be admitted directly without a master's degree.

Doctoral Degree Requirements: Fixed credit-hour requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy
degree are 72. (Up to 18 hours from an M.S. may be applied against the 72.) Students are admitted
to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree after passing two preliminary written and oral examinations (the
first covering manufacturing technology and the second the management of technology) and orally
defending a research proposal. They must also have passed an English technical writing course
during their college career and, depending on the nature of their research interests, may also be
required to demonstrate a reading knowledge of one foreign language.

Student Financial Support: Financial aid in the form of assistantships and fellowships is
normally available for all ftill-time students.

Other Relevant Information: The College of Textiles has a 298,000 square-foot complex valued
at over $50 million which houses exceptional teaching, research, computer and library facilities.
With a graduate faculty of 45 and research expenditures exceeding $6,000,000 per year,
opportunities abound. Facilities available to textile technology management students include: the
Model Manufacturing Facility which contains over $10,000,000 of textile processing equipment
from fiber formation to end products; the IBM Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Facility
which contains advanced technology computers running plant floor, supervisory monitoring and
control, and manufacturing resource planning software packages; and the Textile Design
Laboratory which contains several design packages which can communicate with plant floor
devices providing CAD/CAM integration.

COURSE OFFERINGS (Extensive use may be made of graduate course offerings in other
colleges on campus when developing the minor field. See departmental listing for descriptions.)

Admission Requirements: Prospective students should have a strong background in the
biological and physical sciences with a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (on a
4.0 scale) in the biological and physical sciences.

Master of Science Degree Requirements: A minimum of 30 credit hours with at least 20 credit
hours of graduate-level courses. A thesis is required.

Master of Toxicology Degree Requirements: A minimum of 14 credit hours in TOX courses are
required. While a thesis is not required, at the discretion of the student's advisory committee, a
review paper focusing on the student's interest in some aspect of toxicology might be required.
The requirements, in all other respects, are the same as for the M.TOX. and M.S. degrees.

Doctoral Degree Requirements: A minimum of 39 credit hours plus dissertation research is
required for the Ph.D. degree.

Student Financial Support: Financial assistance is available for qualified applicants through
traineeships, fellowships, teaching assistantships and research assistantships with participating
faculty members.

Other Relevant Information: Students pursuing either the M.S. or Ph.D. degree may elect to
specialize in environmental toxicology or molecular and cellular toxicology. More details can be
obtained on the departmental website: http:/cals. ncsu.edu/toxicology/index.htm

Admission Requirements: Requirements listed here are in addition to graduate school
requirements stated elsewhere. To be admitted, a student should have earned a B.S. degree with a
major in wood and paper science or the equivalent. Graduates with other physical science or
engineering baccalaureate degrees can be admitted but may be required to make up certain
undergraduate deficiencies. Students with a 3.0 GPA and with appropriate course backgrounds
will be considered for admission.

Master of Science Degree Requirements: In addition to Graduate School requirements, a minor
is required.

Master of Wood and Paper Science Degree Requirements: The Master of Wood and Paper
Science is a non-thesis, professional degree for students not interested in research. A minimum of
36 course credits is required. The regulations regarding credits are the same as for the M.S. degree
except that up to 6 credits of 400-level courses in the major field may be included. A technical
report which demonstrates the student's ability to gather, analyze and report information is
required.

Doctoral Degree Requirements: In addition to Graduate School requirements, Ph.D. candidates
must present two seminars before their final oral examination will be arranged.

Student Financial Support: A limited number of research assistantships are available.

Other Relevant Information: Graduate students should select a chairman and other advisory
committee members and submit a plan of graduate work by the end of their first semester of
residence. They are also urged to take the qualifying examinations within one year of residence.
The department believes M.S. and Ph.D. students should select a research topic and begin their

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thesis research as early as possible.

As the field of wood and paper science is a derived science, considerable emphasis is placed upon
developing a strong minor in the graduate program in any one or more of the supporting
disciplines such as organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, chemical engineering, mathematics,
statistics, biology, engineering mechanics, mechanical engineering, physics, and economics or
business administration.

Students in wood chemistry and pulp and paper programs must pass certain qualifying
examinations.